MERES, Thomas (1634-1715), of The Close, Lincoln, and Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 17 Sept. 1634, 1st s. of Robert Meres, DD, of Kirton, Lincs., chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, and 1st w. Elizabeth (bur. 28 July 1639), da. of Hugh Williams of Y Wig, Caern., wid. of William Dolben, DD, preb. of Lincoln.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 666; Oxford DNB, ‘Sir Thomas Meres’. educ. Sleaford (Mr Gibson); Sidney Sussex, Camb. 23 Jan. 1651;Al. Cant. I. Temple 28 June 1653, called 30 May 1660.I. Temple Admiss. Database; CITR ii. 334. m. 28 Jan. 1658 (with £3,500), Anne (d. 4 Aug. 1698), da. and coh. of Sir Erasmus de la Fontaine of Kirby Bellars, Leics., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).All Hallows-on-the-Wall, London par. reg.; Lincs. RO, BRA 1597/1/1/1; PROB11/552, f. 125v; Lincs. Peds. 666. suc. fa. 7 Nov. 1652;Lincs. Peds. 666. Kntd. 11 June 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. d. 9 July 1715; bur. 23 July 1715 Kirby Bellars .Lincs. N. and Q. ii. 151.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Lincoln 23 Sept. 1658–d.;Lincs. RO, L1/1/1/6 (Lincoln Council min. bk.), p. 74. Portsmouth 22 Sept. 1681–?d.Extracts from the Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 365.

Local: commr. assessment, Lincs. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.; Westminster 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Essex, Leics., London, Mdx. 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Lincs. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) Mar. 1660 – Feb. 1688, ? Oct. 1688 – d.; Holland Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660, 1680-Feb. 1688;A Perfect List [of JPs] (1660); HMC Portland, iii. 406; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Thomas Meres’. Kesteven by Oct. 1660 – Feb. 1688, ?Oct. 1688–d.C220/9/4; HMC Portland, iii. 406; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 11 Aug. 1660-aft. July 1670;C181/7, pp. 20, 558. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 14 Aug. 1660-aft. May 1670;C181/7, pp. 76, 544. Ancholme Level 23 June 1662;C181/7, p. 152. Mdx. and Westminster 27 May 1664;C181/7, p. 254. poll tax, Lindsey, Lincoln 1660;SR. oyer and terminer, Lincs. 10 Oct. 1661;C181/7, p. 121. Midland circ. 30 May 1662-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 159, 642. Dep. lt. Lincs. 13 July 1662 – ?87, 10 July 1691–?d.Lincs. RO, MON/3/28/51; CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 441; 1701–2, p. 392; The Letter Bk. of Sir Anthony Oldfield 1662–7 ed. P.R. Seddon (Lincoln Rec. Soc. xci), 63, 64; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. corporations, 1662–3;Lincs. RO, L1/1/1/6, p. 111. swans, 30 May 1663, 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, pp. 211, 299. complaints, Bedford Level 1663; subsidy, Lincs., Lincoln, Westminster 1663.SR. Capt. militia ft. Lincoln by 1665–?Oldfield Letter Bk. ed. Seddon, xxiv, 25. Commr. enclosures, Deeping Fen 1665;SR. concealments, Lincs. 17 July 1671;CTB iii. 912. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 696.

Central: commr. for maimed soldiers, Sept. 1660–1. 8 Feb. 1673 – 30 Dec. 1678CJ viii. 213b. Chairman, cttee. of elections and privileges,, 19 Mar.-27 May 1679. July 1678 – d.CJ ix. 249b, 260b, 568a, 572b; HMC Ormonde, n.s. v. 9. Asst. Sons of the Clergy,; v.-pres. 1696 – 1705, 1706–7.E.H. Pearce, Sons of the Clergy, 8, 286–7. Commr. admlty. 14 May 1679–19 May 1684;J.C. Sainty, Admiralty Officials 1660–1870, 21, 139. rebuilding St. Paul’s Cathedral, 3 May 1692–d.;CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 267; HMC Downshire, i. 893–4; Wren Soc. xvi. 48, 115. land bank subscriptions, 14 Mar. 1699.CJ xii. 508a.

Parlimentarian

MERES, Thomas (1634-1715), of The Close, Lincoln and Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.

: of The Close, Lincoln and Mdx., Southampton Square.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MERES, Thomas (1634-1715), of The Close, Lincoln, and Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.

Will

pr. 14 May 1716.PROB11/552, f. 124.

Estates

in 1658, consisted of a messuage in The Close of Lincoln, manor of Hiptoft Hall in Algarkirk, manor of Scotton and Ferry, advowson of Scotton and property in Algarkirk, Beckingham, Boston, Fosdyke, Fenton, Frampton, Hardwick, Hiptoft, Holton le Moor, Kirton, Laughton, Scotton, Sibsey, Strubby, Susworth, Sutterton and Winthorpe, Lincs.Lincs. RO, BRA 1597/1/1/1. Estate reckoned to be worth £300 p.a. in the 1660s.‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’, Her. and Gen. ii. 123. At his d. estate inc. houses in London (Southampton Square), Normanton and Lincoln and property in Stonesby and Kirby Bellars, Leics.PROB11/552, f. 124; E. Deacon, Descent of the Fam. of Deacon, 299.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented John Curtois to rectory of Branston, Lincs. 1680; Williamson Moore to rectory of Carleton Scroope, Lincs. 1680; John Morley to rectory of Scotton, Lincs. 1711.CCEd Record ID: 68888, 153256, 250457, The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835.

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